Discover the transformative power of storytelling in enhancing alumni, donor, and student engagement using social media. In this session, we will dive into real digital campaign successes from The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Business and the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business. Participants will explore innovative methods for utilizing social media platforms as effective tools for outreach, fundraising, and more. We will emphasize adapting to current trends and developing relevant content tailored to specific social media markets. Through practical, data-driven strategies, attendees will gain insights into leveraging long-form content to unlock impactful storytelling. This approach fosters genuine connections, creating a sense of community, on social media.

Social media, the beating heart of connections with students, alumni, and donors, is the key to success. Our session immerses you in the dynamic world of social media trends, showing you how they can supercharge your institution's advancement and marketing efforts. Unleash your potential to connect, engage, and elevate your institution to new heights with confidence, joy, and a vibrant community cheering you on!

As marketers, our goal is to get the right message to the right people in the right channel to help us build connection and trust and inspire action. But, we see it every day where organizations post the same content on all their social channels. This session will help participants learn how to outline guidelines, goals and strategies for each of our social channels so that they know how to reach their audiences for best results. We will also discuss how to leverage executive accounts to achieve brand awareness and convey a sense of authentic leadership.

Engaging recent graduates is typically top of mind for many alumni engagement and annual giving teams. Social media plays a big role in helping Graduates Of the Last Decade (GOLD) alumni stay connected to their university. In this presentation, we'll look at how to leverage social media to stay in touch with GOLD alumni, how to help keep them engaged after graduation, and how to capitalize on university-wide wins to keep GOLD alumni proud of their alma mater.

Do you get a little nervous when thinking about marketing analytics?
Oh, snap, how do I create a social media analytics report?
How soon is my next vacation? HELP.

In this session, we will learn how to create a social media analytics performance report, identify which marketing metrics to start tracking, and identify what your goals should be! Discover how social media d-a-t-a ? can help you engage new audiences and how to stop being afraid of spreadsheets ? we've all been there before!

Join us as we walk through a practical example, step-by-step, showing you exactly what to look for, how to read an analytics dashboard, and how to think critically about it.

Lastly, find out how to present your campaign analytics reports! ?